(19)
(11) EP 1 952 639 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.12.2007

(43) Date of publication:
06.08.2008 Bulletin 2008/32

(21) Application number: 06839880.9

(22) Date of filing: 14.11.2006
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04N 9/64(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2006/060891
(87) International publication number:
WO 2007/059498 (24.05.2007 Gazette 2007/21)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 14.11.2005 US 736348 P
30.12.2005 US 322706

(71) Applicant: Mediaguide, inc.
Berwyn, PA 19312 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • CHEUNG, Kwan
    Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 (US)

(74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund 
Gill Jennings & Every LLP Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)

   


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